I recently bought a Dell Vostro 410. I installed Windows 7 x64 and everything seems to be great...except for the audio. The volume icon on the taskbar has the red circle/white x on it. When I put my mouse over the icon, it says "no speakers or headphones are plugged in" and after right-click and then clicking on "playback devices" I get a screen that says "high definition audio device not plugged in." I went to the device manager and under sound it lists "high definition audio device" and says the device is working properly and has the most updated drivers. Even the headphone jack in the front of the pc doesn't work. I tried plugging a pair in and it just simply did nothing. This is extremely frustrating as the only reason for buying this pc was to play games. (I bought it off eBay) I've downloaded and installed tons of drivers. I've gotten them from the Dell website as well as Realtek. I don't even know that it is a Realtek device I just read a forum on here that said thats what they usually were. I even downloaded drivers from the Microsoft website. I did all this and the funny thing is...the device manager says the drivers are fine. The pc didn't come with a monitor or speakers so I'm using my old HP monitor that I used for 2 years on an old Dell I own. I'm so frustrated! PLEASE HELP!!

You buy a Dell computer off eBay and you expect Microsoft to provide the solutions to your problems? To start with according to the Dell support website there is no Windows 7 support for your computer. That means Dell is not providimg Windows 7 compatible hardware drivers and utilities. It alos means the BIOS may not support windows 7 as many computers, even ones running Vist, required BIOS updates to attain compatibility and full functionality with Windows 7. You need to go to the Dell Support Forums website and communicate with people in the same boat as you. At the Dell Support Forums you will encounter a much high percentage of people that are dealing with the same or similar system. http://en.community.dell.com/?~ck=mnPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

ok dickface ive never had to ask questions like this and just went to the first place i found. your a ____ ____ and i hope you choke on a fat ____ dick you piece of ____. a simple "go to dell" answer would have beed sufficient. but youd rather flap your fat gums and be a smartass. ____ you

My, what a cheery individual! Thanks for your response!Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

your welcome :)